I hadn't noticed this before!
I use Scratch quite a bit - I have written some things for the MagPi (Raspberry Pi magazine) on Scratch. It is a really fun way to get into programming.

Also it's really popular in Uk schools at the moment. Pretty much all secondary schools I know of use it.
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